Last year this was a very successful conference with direct impact on Navy programs. Register now so you don't miss your chance to take part in the discussions! The Secret/US only conference will be held at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base.
The Operationalizing Intelligence in Electronic Warfare for the 21st Century conference will be held at the NASIC conference facility, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH, December 1-2. Register now for this Secret/US only conference.
The unclassified Worldwide EW Infrastructure Conference has been moved to December 1-3 at the Georgia Tech Hotel & Conference Center in Atlanta. Don't miss an agenda that includes sustainment, development interoperability/testing, training and transformation.
President Obama has, as expected, nominated National Security Agency director Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander to be promoted to the rank of general and assigned as commander of the new United States Cyber Command. (Information Week)
The US military already uses a fleet of unmanned spy blimps to keep tabs on would-be enemies in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, the Navy wants to upgrade the airships' sight and hearing, as part of its push for "wide area persistent surveillance." (Wired)
The way the Ministry of Defence buys equipment is "unaffordable," with an estimated budget overrun of £35bn, a report has said. The review, commissioned by the MOD, said too many types of equipment were being ordered for too large a range of tasks at too high a specification. (BBC)
AOC has unveiled the following conferences for late 2009 and 2010. Plan now to attend: Cyber and Spectrum Integration: February 23-25, Chantilly, VA InfowarCon 2010: May 12-13, Washington, DC AOC/Shephard EW 2010: May 11-12, Berlin, Germany Passive Covert Radar Conference: July 13-15, Verona, NY
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The October issue of JED is now available on-line. Your www.crows.org username and password is needed for entry, or use this courtesy login - username: OctJED, password: crows10.
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